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eu·pho·ny

 (yo͞o′fə-nē)
n. pl. eu·pho·nies
Agreeable sound, especially in the phonetic quality of words.

[French euphonie, from Late Latin euphōnia, from Greek euphōniā, from euphōnos, sweet-voiced : eu-, eu- + phōnē, sound; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

eu·phon′ic (yo͞o-fŏn′ĭk) adj.
eu·phon′i·cal·ly adv.
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euphony

(ˈjuːfənɪ)
n, pl -nies
1. (Phonetics & Phonology) the alteration of speech sounds, esp by assimilation, so as to make them easier to pronounce
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a pleasing sound, esp in speech
[C17: from Late Latin euphōnia, from Greek, from eu- + phōnē voice]
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eu•pho•ny

(ˈyu fə ni)

n., pl. -nies.
agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, esp. a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words.
[1615–25; < Late Latin euphōnia < Greek euphōnía. See eu-, -phony]
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euphony

1. an agreeableness in sounds; a pleasantness to the ear; harmoniousness.
2. Phonetics. a harmoniousness in speech sounds, especially in word choices emphasizing various patterns of consonants or vowels. — euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, adj.
See also: Sound
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euphony

A combination of pleasant sounding words.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.euphony - any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
music of the spheres - an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
reharmonise, reharmonize - provide with a different harmony; "reharmonize the melody"
harmonise, harmonize - write a harmony for
orchestrate - write an orchestra score for
instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for
transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
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Translations

euphony

[ˈjuːfənɪ] Neufonía f
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euphony

n (Mus, Ling) → Euphonie f, → Wohlklang m
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References in classic literature ?
For purposes of euphony, however, without which the lines would be harsh and unpoetical, I have invariably made two syllables of them.
Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells!
Let's say hello to (clockwise in the pic) a Hermes 3000 from 1961, a Hermes Baby also from the 1960s still sporting its decal from the Manila Office Equipment Co., a 1950s Groma Kolibri from East Germany, with a Cyrillic keyboard (I don't imagine writing any novels on this one), and a 1955 Smith Corona Silent Super (to add to the euphony, it's super-smooth).
For the uninitiated, "Latanoprost" likely sounds both occlusive and harsh, lacking the kind of euphony that might ingratiate it to us in lieu of sense.
Dear sister remember that time I was eight and I snuck a record From your collection to listen to music While streetlamp shadows shifted On the snow vinyl spun in purple Like the sky shaping itself into inky streaks As the hum of a ballad like a prayer Murmured through the house Now each morning I pray for silence Our speaker gives a clear scene that spins into something Dali-esque, where vinyl spins into "purple like the sky." Notice Quesada embedding consonance with his s's and original euphony with "spun in purple" and elsewhere like "a haze of zinnias" and "loose neck of a goose" and "Antilles lilies." He's incanting.
He is the winner of the Ernest and Shirley Svenson Award for Fiction, and his work can be found in Asymmetry, Scrivener Creative Review, and Euphony. Gutberiet lives in New Orleans.
With a discreetness that marks Egan's best writing here, he draws the reader's attention to the phrase "mother of us" in the "No worst" sonnet: the plural pronoun attenuates the feeling of solitude that the poem gives off and could indeed be seen as speech arising from within the Christian community (as in the possessive adjective of the phrase "our sweet reprieve" in "Felix Randal"); this attenuation further stressed by the euphony created by the dual [a] in the phrase.
Such was his aura that melody and euphony would boast a touch of the long-faded vibrations that were once dispersed through his lips.
Updike's prose, that fantastic engine of euphony, of first-echelon perception, and of a wit both vicious and all-forgiving, has in this book lost its compass.
In his remarks on literary style, Oshima discusses the euphony of the acrostic beginning of the lines in each strophe as "rhyme" (pp.
The essence of ancient Greek euphony lies in the primacy of the spoken word.